Patah Tumbuh, Hilang Berganti...

Again, I'd like to use a Malay proverb that basically means "What is once lost, will always be replaced with  a new one".

This is often said to be true for everything and everyone. But I know it is not true for people. When people leave, the one that comes is never the same as those that left.

I am feeling nostalgic because in the next few months will see the exodus of many of those friends I've come to love and cherish from Gamba. For them, there time here is over and time for them to move to a new place. I have seen a few that left us already... with the lovely Ibu Jenny and Pak Eric ( I wished we had more time with them).

Next week soon it will be my friend Jacie with her Eddy & Terry. She is the only one that I can speak Iban with here and unfortunately I can't speak Bidayuh for her sake as well. I will miss going to her house for tea in the mornings, the "stinky" food sessions at the place.

Then soon it will Teak &  Kak Ju, next Rahma and Kak Nisa and also to be followed by Habiba. So there goes all the friends that has kept me sane within my first few months in this place. I will definitely miss their friendship and the fun that each of them brought to me. To survive here without goods friends would be impossible. This is one of the things that I am thankful for by being here. Had I not come here, I would have not met these ladies.

We've had endless coffee mornings and one awayday in Libreville and several dinner out in Plaine. I used to think that expats wives have too much free time with all these gatherings. But truth is I know now that it what we have to do to keep ourselves busy and occupied. Else we'll forever be missing of the lives, the friends and the jobs that we leave behind to be here. It is not easy being an Expat wife and I have an understanding for that now. I still very much miss my life and work in Miri.

So soon it will be me and Khadija for now... hoping that insya-Allah we will have new friends that will share our comraderie like the sisters that will be leaving us soon.

Till next time, insya-Allah.